Wharton County, Texas
Wharton County, Texas has 600 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 10 records, against 3.9 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 10.7 GW of planned generation across 50 projects, 1 of them past its listed in-service date.
Wharton County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 6 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 600 MW of data centers against 3.9 GW of plants, with 10.7 GW more planned.
Data centers by status
10 records, 600 MW
The data center pipeline
10 records list a year online or expected, from 2027 to 2028. The largest expected additions are 360 MW listed for 2028 and 240 MW for 2027.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 4 | 240 |
| 2028 | 6 | 360 |
Who is building in Wharton
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 10 | 600 |
Power generation in the county
21 plants operate inside Wharton County, 3.9 GW. The queue adds 10.7 GW across 50 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Wharton County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 4 | 1,100 |
| Solar | Planned | 24 | 5,484 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 3 | 460 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 22 | 3,595.9 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 12 | 1,986.3 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 3 | 1,452.1 |
| Wind | Operating | 2 | 365.7 |
| Wind | Planned | 1 | 199.5 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 16.1 |
| 2026 | 13 | 2,677.5 |
| 2027 | 11 | 2,327.9 |
| 2028 | 16 | 4,010.2 |
| 2029 | 7 | 1,324.3 |
| 2030 | 0 | 0 |
| 2031 | 0 | 0 |
| 2032 | 2 | 375.7 |
Wharton County against its neighbors
Brazoria County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 300 MW, 50% of Wharton County's. 5 of the 6 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wharton County this page | 10 | 10,732 | 0.15x | ||
| Brazoria County | 1 | 14,272 | 0.05x | ||
| Austin County | 1 | 4,529 | 1.4x | ||
| Fort Bend County | 0 | 2,368 | 0x | ||
| Matagorda County | 0 | 7,480 | 0x | ||
| Jackson County | 0 | 1,337 | 0x | ||
| Colorado County | 0 | 2,269 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
7 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
15 projects in Wharton County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Wharton County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 15 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Wharton County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 81 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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